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California shuts down businesses, schools as coronavirus outbreak grows

Guests wear face masks while visiting the Disney Springs shopping and dining complex at Walt Disney World during its phased reopening from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US July 11, 2020. [File, Reuters]

California’s governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared, and the state’s two largest school districts, in Los Angeles and San Diego, said children would be made to stay home in August.

Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, ordered bars closed and restaurants, movie theaters, zoos and museums across the nation’s most populous state to cease indoor operations. Gyms, churches and hair salons must close in the 30 hardest-hit counties.

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